Card-rack



C. M. CROOK.

CARD RACK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.7,1918.

' 1,385,822, Patented Apr. 6,1920.

ciiAnL-ns M. GROOK, or cnrcneo, ILLINGIS.

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' Specification of Letters Patent.

"Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

Application meanness 7, 1918. Serial no aiavia To all ivhom it may concern: 7

Be it known that 1, CHARLES M. C'RooK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements'in Card-Racks, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in racks, and particularly to racks for Holding time-cards, and the like. It has for one of its objects the provision of a time-card rack which can be more cheaply manufactured than heretofore, and one in which there is no danger of the card slipping out of place after being once deposited in its pocket.

For the purpose of disclosing my invention I have illustrated one embodiment of the same in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1' is a front elevation of a rack embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

The rack shown comprises a rectangular frame, preferably formed of wood and having the sides 1 and the ends 2. This frame thus formed is divided into two frames or two sections by a central division member 3, thereby forming, in effect, two card racks, the central division member forming one side of each. The sides and ends 1 and 2 are rabbeted at 1 to form a shoulder, and in the shoulder thus formed on the two side members 1 are formed a plurality of regularly spaced-apart notches 5. These notches are closed by molding strips 6 fitting in the rab'beted portion of the sides, and a similar molding strip fits in the i'abbeted portions on the ends 2. The front face of the division member 3 is likewise notched, and these notches are covered by a suitable molding strip 7 fastened on the front face.

The card pockets are formed by a plurality of pocket plates 8 arranged one above the other and inclining outwardly from the back of the rack from their bottoms toward the top. The bottom edges of these .lates have in-turned flanges 9 which form the bottom of the card pocket, and the flange of each plate is provided with a suitable centrally-disposed opening. The plates are locked in place at their bottoms at the rear plate is hooked or bent over a transverse rod 11, the euds'of which rod fit in the oppositely disposed notches 5 formed at thefront of the side and division bar. The portion 'of the plate bent over the rods is bent tightly around the rods, so that they practically form a part of the plate, and the two ends of the rods form laterally extending ears. Preferably formed in the top of the plate is a card opening for receiving an indicating card bearing the number or name of the individual whose card is to be 'placed in the pocket formed by the plate. Inwardly extending lugs 12 are formed in the edges of this opening for holding the card in place, and the upper edge of the card fits under the bead formed by bending the top of the plate over the cross-rod. In order to strengthen the plate it is preferably beaded along each edge, as at 13.

To prevent the two side members from buckling when a long frame is used, the two side members are connected by a brace rod 14: extending between them at the rear of the frame. The back of the frame is closed by means of a back cover 15, which fits in suitable notches 1G formedin the inner faces of the sides 1 and ends 2. If desired, this cover may also be screwed to the central division bar 3.

In assembling, the frame is first made up. The pocket plates are strung on the 1ongitudinally extending rod, which rod is more or less flexible. This rod is then sprung at its ends into the two notches at the rear of the frame provided for the reception of its ends and the cross-bar of each plate dropped into the respective notches in the front of the frame. The molding strips are then secured in position to close the notches and prevent the removal of the cross-rods. The longitudinally-extending securing rods for the bottoms of the plates form, in effect, a back for the pockets formed by these plates, and due to the fact that this red passes through openings in the bottoms of the plate there is no danger of separation be tween the bottoms of the plate and its back caused by the buckling or warping of the frame. The card deposited in the pocket, therefore, can not slip down between the back of the pocket and the front. Furthermore, due to the fact that the back of the pocket is formed by this rod, a much lighter cover for the back of the frame can be used, as any slight warping of this back will not affect the card pockets.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a card rack, the combination with a frame having side members, a plurality of pocket plates mounted one above the other between said side members, a longitudinally.

extending rod passing through the bottom of each of said plates and mounted at the back of said frame, and laterally extending supports at the top of each of the plates secured to the side members at the front of the frame.

2. In a card rack, the combination with a frame, of a longitudinally extending locking rod in the back of said frame, a plurality of cross-bars extending between the sides of said frame at the front, and a plurality of pocket plates, each having an open ing through its bottom through which said rod extends and hooked over one of said cross-rods at its top.

3. In a card rack, the combination with a frame having spaced-apart notches in its sides at its front, a plurality of cross-rods secured in said notches, a plurality of pocket plates mounted one above the other between said sides, each plate being hooked over one of said rods at its top and having an angularly disposed flange at its bottom provided with an opening therein, and a longitudinally extending rod passing through said openings and mounted at the back of the frame.

In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name.

CHARLES M. CROOK. 

